Over the last few years, load management has been a controversial topic in the NBA.
The practice of resting players at certain times so they can remain healthy for the whole season doesn’t sit right with many fans and some former players.
Allen Iverson recently spoke about load management, and he made it clear that he wouldn’t have tolerated it during his 14 years in the league.
“Can you imagine somebody telling me, ‘We’re going to rest you tonight.’ What do you mean, rest me? It’s a game… You want to bring up the word practice? Rest me tomorrow at practice. Don’t rest me when we got a game,” Iverson said.
Allen Iverson on load management:
“Can you imagine somebody telling me, ‘We’re going to rest you tonight.’ What do you mean, rest me? It’s a game… You want to bring up the word practice? Sh**, rest me tomorrow at practice. Don’t rest me when we got a game.”
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Iverson is in the majority with this opinion, because millions of fans have grown impatient with load management and how it affects the season.
They note that people spend a lot of money on tickets, hoping to see their favorite players perform.
If that player is out because of a valid injury, that’s fine, but if the team is just resting him so they can use him later, that is unacceptable.
The league has heard the complaints, and they have recently enacted rules that combat load management.
Sure enough, there seemed to be less of this practice last season.
Still, it remains a problem, and the general idea seems outlandish and offensive to many.
There is no way for the NBA to completely eliminate load management, but they will keep trying to limit it.
Iverson feels that it not only offends fans, but it also goes against the idea of being a professional athlete.
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